Salters’ Proportion

have and take fireboote and hedgeboote to be taken in and uppon the rootes stumpes
and trunks of dead trees and trees fallen and lyeing on the ground and not fitt for building thornes bushes
shreddings and lops of trees and underwoods groweing upon the p[re]misses if the same be there to be had the same
to be spent uppon the p[re]misses and not otherwise And that his ma[ies]tie wil[l] be gratiously pleased to ratifie and confirme this agreement by his l[ett]res patents under the great Seale of England and that the said James shall coven[a]nt and grant thereby for him his heires executors administrators and assignes to performe what is hereby agreed on his part In witnes whereof the said Com[missioners] and the said
James
Young
have putt to their hands the day and yeare abovewritten:

Raphe Whitfeld Tho[mas] ffotherley 1639
James
Younge

x li. One House Three closes Sixe Trees One Pike and One Corslett

George
Elliott
James
Patterson
William
Witty
John
Kennadie

The said three and twentiethe day of September the said Commissioners for and on his ma[ies]t[ie]s behalfe by vertue of the said Commission and
George
Elliott
James
Patterson
William
Witty
[and]
John
Kennaday
of
Desert Lynn in the late county of
Londonderry husbandmen doe conclude and agree that the said George James William and John and their assignes shall have and hold all that Towneland commonly called or knowne by the name of
Ballicromlargie with th[e] appurten[a]nc[es] in
Desert Lynn aforesaid or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or knowne conteining by estimac[i]on one hundred and twelve acres Irishe measure and all cabbins edifices and buildings thereupon and alsoe all waies and passages
unto the p[re]misses or anie part thereof belonging or formerly enioyed therewith Excepting and reserving unto his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors all timber and timber trees storiers saplings and great trees mynes and quarryes in upon or belonging to the p[re]misses or anie parte thereof and all his ma[ies]t[ie]s woods and woodgrounds in
Glanconkeyne and
Killetra and all such reasonable waies and passages over the p[re]misses for the ten[a]nts and occupiers of his ma[ies]t[ie]s other lands as have formerly binn used and all the river of Bann and all other rivers creekes and streames in or neere the p[re]misses and the soile and ground thereof and all the ffishing and takeing of sallmons Eeles and other ffishe in the said rivers creekes and streames and ffishings and lib[er]tie to make houses and draw their netts and do anie other
thing else whatsoever uppon the p[re]misses concerning the said ffishings for the terme of
one and twenty yeares from the ffeast of Phillip and Jacob now last past for and under the yearly rent of ffowerteene pounds sterling paiable into the Receipt of his ma[ies]t[ie]s Exchecq[ue]r in England or unto the hands of the Receiv[er] of his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors for the time being for the Reven[n]ue of Londonderry al[l]s[o] Derry and Colerane or either of them att the ffeasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equall porc[i]ons Upon Condic[i]on that the said terme shall cease and be void if the said rent or anie part thereof shal[l] be behind and unpaid by the space of ffifty daies next after anie of the said ffeasts or daies of paim[en]t aforesaid And the said George James William and John or their assignes shall att their p[ro]p[er] costs and chardges within ffive yeares now next comeing erect and build and fully finishe uppon the p[re]misses one sufficient and substantiall house of timber stone or bricke after the manner of an Englishe house two stories high and conteining fower roomes att the least And the same Georg James William and John or some other able and sufficient tenn[an]t with his family shall from tyme to time during the said terme of yeares be resident and inhabitant in and upon the foresaid p[re]misses and shall during the said terme grind att his ma[ies]t[ie]s mill within the late
Mannor of Sal or Proporc[i]on of land called the
Salters Proporc[i]on all his and their mault corne and graine w[hi]ch he or they shall expend or use uppon the p[re]misses or being ground shall sell to anie person or persons and pay for grinding thereof to the miller of the said mill for the time being the sixteenth part of all the said mault corne and graine and shall doe suite att the Court Barron to be houlden for such Mannor as his ma[ies]tie shall erect create or make upon or within the said Proporc[i]on from three weekes to three weekes if the same shal[l] be soe often held And shall during the said terme keepe susteine and mainteine the aforesaid messuage and all other the aforesaid buildings in good and sufficient reperac[i]ons And shall within seaven yeares now next comeing w[i]th dike and double quicksett where quicksett will grow and with other good and sufficient fences and inclosures where quicksett will not growe devide sever and make the foresaid p[re]misses into three severall closes more then the same now are and the same being soe devided made and severed and all other the hedges ditches and inclosures uppon or belonging to the foresaid p[re]misses shall keepe and mainteine well and sufficiently fenced ditched inclosed and quicksetted during the said terme and shall yearly during the said terme sett and plant
upon some part of
the aforesaid p[re]misses S
ix young trees of oake
or ash fit and likely to grow to be

have and take fireboot and hedgeboot, to be taken in and upon the roots, stumps, and trunks of dead trees, and trees fallen and lying on the ground and not fit for building, thornbushes, shreddings and lops of trees, and underwood growing upon the premises if the same be there to be had, the same to be spent upon the premises and not otherwise. And that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to ratify and confirm this agreement by his letters patent under the Great Seal of England, and that the said James shall covenant and grant thereby for him, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns to perform what is hereby agreed on his part. In witness whereof the said commissioners and the said James Young have put to their hands the day and year abovewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Thomas Fotherley 1639 James Young

x pounds one house three closes six trees one pike and one corslet

George Elliott James Patterson William Witty John Kennedy

The said three and twentieth day of September, the said commissioners for and on his Majesty’s behalf by virtue of the said commission, and George Elliott, James Patterson, William Witty, and John Kennedy of Desertlyn in the late county of Londonderry, husbandmen, do conclude and agree that the said George, James, William, and John, and their assigns, shall have and hold all that townland commonly called or known by the name of Ballycomlargy with the appurtenances in Desertlyn aforesaid, or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or known, containing by estimation one hundred and twelve acres Irish measure, and all cabins, edifices, and buildings thereupon, and also all ways and passages unto the premises or any part thereof belonging or formerly enjoyed therewith. Excepting and reserving unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors, all timber and timber trees, storiers, saplings and great trees, mines, and quarries in, upon, or belonging to the premises or any part thereof, and all his Majesty’s woods and woodgrounds in Glenconkeyne and Killetra, and all such reasonable ways and passages over the premises for the tenants and occupiers of his Majesty’s other lands as have formerly been used, and all the River of Bann and all other rivers, creeks, and streams in or near the premises and the soil and ground thereof, and all the fishing and taking of salmon, eels, and other fish in the said rivers, creeks, and streams, and fishings and liberty to make houses and draw their nets and do any other thing else whatsoever upon the premises concerning the said fishings for the term of one and twenty years from the feast of Phillip and Jacob now last past, for and under the yearly rent of fourteen pounds sterling, payable into the receipt of his Majesty’s Exchequer in England or unto the hands of the Receiver of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for the time being for the revenue of Londonderry, also Derry and Coleraine or either of them, at the feasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equal portions upon condition that the said term shall cease and be void if the said rent or any part thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of fifty days next after any of the said feasts or days of payment aforesaid. And the said George, James, William, and John, or their assigns, shall, at their proper costs and charges, within five years now next coming, erect and build and fully finish upon the premises one sufficient and substantial house of timber, stone, or brick after the manner of an English house two stories high and containing four rooms at the least. And the same George, James, William, and John, or some other able and sufficient tenant with his family, shall from time to time during the said term of years be resident and inhabitant in and upon the foresaid premises, and shall during the said term grind at his Majesty’s mill within the late Manor of Sal or Proportion of land called the Salters’ Proportion, all his and their malt, corn, and grain which he or they shall expend or use upon the premises, or being ground shall sell to any person or persons and pay for grinding thereof to the miller of the said mill, for the time being the sixteenth part of all the said malt, corn, and grain, and shall do suit at the court baron to be holden for such manor as his Majesty shall erect, create, or make upon or within the said Proportion, from three weeks to three weeks if the same shall be so often held. And shall during the said term keep, sustain, and maintain the aforesaid messuage and all other the aforesaid buildings in good and sufficient reparations. And shall within seven years now next coming, with dikes and double quicksett where quicksett will grow and with other good and sufficient fences and enclosures where quicksett will not grow, divide, sever, and make the foresaid premises into three several closes more then the same now are, and the same being so divided, made, and severed, and all other the hedges, ditches, and enclosures upon or belonging to the foresaid premises, shall keep and maintain well and sufficiently fenced, ditched, enclosed, and quicksetted during the said term, and shall yearly during the said term set and plant upon some part of the aforesaid premises six young trees of oak or ash fit and likely to grow to be